Toni Servillo
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 Toni Servillo (right) with President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano |
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| Born | Toni Servillo August 9, 1959 Afragola, Italy |
Toni Servillo; (born August 9, 1959 in Afragola, Province of Naples) is an award-winning Italian television and film actor and director of theater, opera and film.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Servillo was born in Afragola, Campania, the brother of musician Peppe Servillo. Since the 1960s he has lived in Caserta, also in Campania, with his wife.
[edit] Career
His international breakthrough roles came in 2008 as Giulio Andreotti in Il Divo and Roberto's boss, Franco in Gomorrah. Both films were nominated in the Golden Palm awards.
He also directed famous theatrical opera like Il marito disperato by Cimarosa and Fidelio by Beethoven for the San Carlo Opera House in Naples and Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.
[edit] Awards
- Angers European First Film Festival (2002) — Jean Carment Award, for L'uomo in più
- David di Donatello Awards (2005) — Best Actor, for The Consequences of Love
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2005) — Best Actor for The Consequences of Love
- Venice Film Festival (2007) — Best Actor (Pasinetti Award) for La ragazza del lago
- David di Donatello Awards (2008) — Best Actor, for La ragazza del lago
- European Film Awards (2008) — Best Actor for Il Divo and Gomorrah
- David di Donatello Awards (2009) — Best Actor, for Il Divo
[edit] Nominations
- David di Donatello Awards (2002) — Best Actor for L'uomo in più
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2002) — Best Actor for L'uomo in più
- European Film Awards (2005) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for The Consequences of Love
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1992 | Morte di un matematico napoletano | Pietro | |
| 1993 | Rasoi | il guappo | |
| 1997 | I vesuviani | segment "La Salita" | |
| 1998 | Teatro di guerra | Franco Turco | |
| 2001 | L'uomo in più | Antonio Pisapia | |
| Luna rossa | Amerigo | ||
| 2004 | The Consequences of Love | Titta di Girolamo | |
| Notte senza fine | Salem | ||
| 2005 | Incidenti | Narrator | Voice only |
| Sabato, domenica e lunedì | Peppino Priore | Film TV | |
| 2007 | Il pianto della statua | The Statue | Voice only |
| La ragazza del lago | Commissario Sanzio | ||
| Lascia perdere, Johnny! | Maestro Domenico Falasco | ||
| 2008 | Gomorrah | Franco | |
| Il Divo | Giulio Andreotti | ||
| Non chiederci la parola | The Statues | Voice only | |
| 2010 | Gorbaciof | Gorbaciof | |
| Noi credevamo | Giuseppe Mazzini | ||
| Una vita tranquilla | Rosario Russo | ||
| 2011 | Il gioiellino | Ernesto Botta |
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toni Servillo |
- Toni Servillo at the Internet Movie Database
- Toni Servillo at Yahoo! Movies
- Toni Servillo at Allmovie
- Allociné
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